# NOTES ON A LETTER AND A MEMORANDUM TO P. A. KRASIKOV

Source: PSS vol 53

Vladimir Ilyich!

Concerning the matter of Litkens and Lengnik, the following can be stated firmly for now:

1) The case concerning the unlawful dismissal of workers and employees is not subject to disciplinary comradely court proceedings under Article 8 of Regulation 301.

2) Two of those prosecuted (Litkens and Lengnik) belong to persons appointed by the SNK, and therefore cannot be tried in an official capacity case by a disciplinary court.

3) The case against them must be examined in the general procedure or in accordance with the decree of January 27, 1921.

4) Our investigative department has already received the case, but concerning the substance of the charges presented, it is necessary to gather material, since the case was conducted chaotically, with violations of the procedure for directing the case, and moreover, new documents are arriving from Lengnik and Litkens that did not appear previously. Therefore, a conclusion on the merits will be given within 2-3 days.

5) In view of the lack of clarity and insufficient coordination of individual articles in the regulation on disciplinary courts and the discordance of the entire regulation as a whole with general legislation, the SNK should adopt a general resolution on the revision of the regulation on disciplinary courts (the Orgburo commission reached the same conclusion).

Consequently, a draft resolution must be immediately submitted to the MSNK: "Recognize that revision is necessary, entrust the People's Commissariat of Justice (in agreement with the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions?) to complete it within a 3-day period."

6) Concerning publication, an article will be written by Krylenko or Goikhbarg.

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